Editing in Audition, Mouse problems

[dirk paul]

Hello, I'm new to Audition, and have been using Cool Edit Pro for 20 years, which was sufficient for my purposes as a voiceover artist. But with the last Windows Update it didn't work anymore, so I'm thinking about switching to Audition.

I tested it with a friend, and everything is great except the editing. When I'm listening in after recording and want to cut out breathing sounds at the same time, the system hangs a bit. Also, I often have to click several times to get the mouse pointer where I want it to go. Maybe this has something to do with the "second mouse pointer", the dotted line (excuse my ignorance what that is called). Question: can I turn that one off, and thus switch to the simple and stress-free mouse pointer like in Cool Edit?

Thank you very much for any help

[SuiteSpot]

You don't say if you are editing in the Waveform view or the Multitrack view (the latter being the best to use for most things).
If the 'system hangs a bit' it could be slow disk access so make sure you are recording to your fastest internal drive.

Not sure what you mean by this 'second mouse pointer' - you can select 'move', 'razor', 'slip' or 'time selection' tool (pointer) among others. It might be best to try and identify the one you mean? Or maybe even a screen shot might help.

[dirk paul]

I see, it is difficult because of my english PLUS lack of
tech-knowledge...I am sorry. I mean the dotted line, before sec 12 in the
picture.
[image: image.png]
in the second picture you see what happens if I highlight a region, let's
say, to cancel it, and the playhead goes on. In this case, if I want to cut
the marked area out while the playhead goes on, it is difficult, often does
not work on the first click, So again, I would prefer if possible not to
have the dotted line. Does this exist? Thank you for your kindness to
answer
[image: image.png]

[SuiteSpot]

Sorry but the images aren't visible.

Either way I don't think it is a good idea to be trying to edit while the play head is moving but that is just me

[rdr4]

Hi there,

I have been having the same issue, but it solved for me after i switched to a different mouse. (if you are using a logitech mouse then try changing the report rates and check).

[Joseph31145500jz7x]

I've had the same problem for a long time.
I was looking for answers and then I went to mouse settings and clicked of "Enhance pointer precision"
Wow...... it fixed the problem. Now I can click anywhere and the mouse behaves properly.